Dissertation
Analyzing the Opportunities and Pitfalls of Participation in International Agricultural and Environmental Development
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
12/2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005551
Abstract
Participation in development by those most affected by programs is increasingly encouraged by donor agencies; however, true participation often remains elusive and misunderstood in practice. This dissertation presents three manuscripts that apply different disciplinary lenses to the concept of participation. The first manuscript analyzes two cases using participation in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems as a means to explain differences in project outcomes that aim to alter social ecological systems. The manuscript introduces a participatory matrix as a simple tool to assess participation in a project's M&E system. The cases relate participation in M&E to improved program outcomes including resource health, sustained livelihoods, and robust social structures. The second manuscript applies new institutional economic theory to the phenomenon of the decline of traditional irrigation systems, karez, as communities adopt pump wells. The study uses records on ecological, institutional, economic, and social factors from Iran and Pakistan spanning the 1950's through 2016, to analyze factors influencing displacement of karez. Evidence suggests that in the areas studied, alterations to institutions governing water and land left small-scale producers worse off, while benefitting large-scale producers. The third manuscript analyzes empirical data from the Afghanistan Agricultural Extension Program (AAEP). Program investment in capacity building activities for Farmer Field School (FFS) facilitators was significant yet use of the FFS approach in Afghanistan's extension system remained lower than expected. Quantitative data show a significant and positive effect of capacity building training on Farmer Field School facilitator use of FFS. Qualitative data give voice to extension worker and trained FFS facilitator explanations of FFS use by individuals highlighting both motivators and barriers.
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- Title
- Analyzing the Opportunities and Pitfalls of Participation in International Agricultural and Environmental Development
- Creators
- Kimberly Castelin
- Contributors
- Marcia Ostrom (Chair)Matthew Stephen Carroll (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)Michael P Brady (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Economic Sciences, School ofKevin Murphy (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Crop and Soil Sciences, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 118
- Identifiers
- 99901054232501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation